diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 478ce4c458..a040ef82e9 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-12-09  Fred Fish  <fnf@redhat.com>
+
+	* gdbtypes.c (allocate_stub_method): Replace hand crafted type
+	initialization with call to the init_type() function.
+
 2001-12-09  Andrew Cagney  <ac131313@redhat.com>
 
 	* arch-utils.c (generic_register_raw_size): New function.
diff --git a/gdb/gdbtypes.c b/gdb/gdbtypes.c
index 6a8fe1f031..9533903d45 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbtypes.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbtypes.c
@@ -542,13 +542,11 @@ allocate_stub_method (struct type *type)
 {
   struct type *mtype;
 
-  mtype = alloc_type (TYPE_OBJFILE (type));
+  mtype = init_type (TYPE_CODE_METHOD, 1, TYPE_FLAG_STUB, NULL,
+		     TYPE_OBJFILE (type));
   TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (mtype) = type;
   /*  _DOMAIN_TYPE (mtype) = unknown yet */
   /*  _ARG_TYPES (mtype) = unknown yet */
-  TYPE_FLAGS (mtype) = TYPE_FLAG_STUB;
-  TYPE_CODE (mtype) = TYPE_CODE_METHOD;
-  TYPE_LENGTH (mtype) = 1;
   return (mtype);
 }